Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-05-11

tCuIco8O ep0cialj
The Arst anniversary Of the event which
win bs known to history a the Haymarket
massacre occurred on Wednesday LAT.
Tho night Of May 4, 1885, six companiss Of
police, numbering IT'S men, under COM
mand Of Inspector John BonAsId and Capt
Ward, marched from the Dssplaines 6trest
Pollcs Staaion up Desplainss st1set = :
point short distance north Of Randolph
slseet, and thsrs halted. A soctaliatsI
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Capt. Ward formally ordered ~ esoud ~
the name Of the people Of the Etats q
Illinois to quietly and peaceably dispsrse.n
Samuel Fielden, the anarchist who was
then making speech, replied, ~Ws ase
peaceable," and at the same instant dyn-
amite bomb was thrown into the ranks Of
the police. Instantly upon the explosion
Of the bomb, and before the police foFce
had chance to rally, fusillade Of ~
volver shots was poured into the police
from both sides Of the street. The police
immediately rallied and returned tho Ars,
and the mob ned with tho police in hot mr.
suit When the smoke Of battle had cleared
away the ground was found 70 be covered
with wounded and dying policemen,
stricken down By the deadly bomb. One
officer died almost immediately and sixty.
six others were wounded, six Of whom died
within tho next week or two from the eftace
Of their wounds. There was also one
civilian found killed on the spot and shout
twenty others wounded, but q the wounded
socialists were mostly hidden away, the
total casualties resulting from the battle
will never bo known. At least twelve, and
probably over twenty, lives we're loet, and
over 100 people seriously injured. Ecllov-
ing are the names Of the policemen injured,
classified - fatally injured, permanently
disabled, and seriously disabled, stili unAt
Matthias >. Dsssn, Michael shsshan,
George Miller. Nsis Hansen.
s,,;S 5ohn5 Z Bs,rss. ssr r.. Thomas Rsdden.
PEnnAxENTIY p1sABnED--ll.
Michael O'Brisn. Lawrence J. Murphy.
Thomas McEnery, Adam Barber,
ssssS csssi.s Whitney osn assf! sssHss
Mich. j. Shannon, u, Daniel Hogan,
Patrick Hartford
SERIOUSLY INJURED AND STILL UNFIT ron
Angus. G. Keller, D0rfns. Joseph son.n,
John Z. Doyle, Peter Bitterly,
John H. King. Alexander Ja1nioson,
Arthur Connolly, Charles H. Fink.
James A. brady, Edward Barr0tt.
Timothy Sullivan, Henry y. Smith
But though the bomb did all the work
expected Of il, the results were mot Whist
the anarchists anticipated. The police,
instead OF running away, rallied and
charged the mob, and drove the conspira.
tors to their holes, utterly routing them at
the first onset.
Numerous arrests followed, and the
whole conspiracy was laid bare. June ~
eight of the leading conspiEators Spies,
Parsons, Fischer. Engel, LingQ, 6chvab,
Fielden, and Neebs--wsre placed On trial
before Judge Gary, and the next twenty.
one days were consumed In securing
Jury. The details Of the trial
are fresh in the minds OF Ill. Il lasted
about Cwo months, and resulted IN . YER.
dict condemninR seven Of the prisoners 10
death, and the eighth, Neebe, to Afteen
years penal servitude. Motions in sup.
port of q new trial have since been argued
before the State Supreme Court, and the
case is still pending. The decision Of The
Supreme Court 10 mot expected until 6sp-
tember, and the general impression Of oil
who heard the arguments at Ottawa was
that the motions will be refused.
That verdict was the death blow to an
archy IN this country. II IL warning that
anarchy has no resting. place here, and
that Johann Most and all his crimiual -
sociates and befooled followers Tie mo-
ment they begin to put their theories into
effect stand beneath the shadow Of The
gallows.